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Children locked away: Britain’s modern bedlam
A new Tortoise investigation into how the country’s most distressed and vulnerable children are being abandoned by the state.
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After Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, Peter Connelly and Victoria Climbié: what should social workers do?
This is a digital-only ThinkIn. Every time we learn of the horrendous abuse of a child a spotlight is shone on the child protection system. Reviews are launched and the same lessons learned – but it keeps on happening. At the same time, the care system is struggling with more children than have been removed from their families since records began in the early 1990s. It falls on social workers to support families, identify abuse, and marshall the care system. It’s one of the hardest jobs in the world. Is there a different way social workers could do it? editor and invited experts Liz Moseley Editor Beverley-Barnett Jones Associate Director for System and Impact, Nuffield Family Justice Observatory Cathy Ashley Chief Executive, Family Rights Group Dame Rachel de Souza Children’s Commissioner for England Polly Curtis Journalist and author of Behind Closed Doors: Why We Break Up Families – and How to Mend Them
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Britain is failing its most vulnerable children
The debate over taking children into care has collapsed into a clumsy and binary row, stoked by a populist government. Those at risk deserve a system that works properly
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Social care could be a much bigger problem for Johnson than sleaze
Scandals come and go, but the care crisis has the potential to engulf the prime minister
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Think the petrol situation is bad? Just wait for the care shortages…
Brexit has driven thousands of care workers away, and they’re not coming back. Without urgent policy change, disabled and older people face months of uncertainty and struggle
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The hardest word: what are we prepared to forgive?
This is a newsroom ThinkIn. In-person and digital-only tickets are available. Everyone makes mistakes, both professional and personal. Everyone is capable of saying something stupid, or making a wrong call. The consequences can be terrible. Today, lives can be ripped apart and reputations ruined forever in a heartbeat, but who governs the rules of redemption and are they equally applied to everyone? How is the severity of the mistake and the accountability for it moderated? How do we understand and respond to public “apologies”? What does this say about the nature of an apology in the modern world? What does it really mean to be held “accountable” by the public today? Do we too often let the facts become incongruent to the narrative of the moment? Are we running the risk of putting anyone off from taking on positions of professional responsibility – or just some people? editor and invited experts Liz MoseleyMember’s Editor Dr Ray JonesEmeritus Professor of Social Work at Kingston University and St. George’s, University of London, and a registered social worker. He is the author of ‘The Story of Baby P: setting the record straight’ Patrick ButlerSocial Policy Editor, The Guardian Sharon ShoesmithFormer Director of Children’s Services for Haringey Council, and author of Learning from Baby P: The Politics of Blame, Fear and Denial
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We need a big rethink of taxation and spending. It’s not happening…
Britain’s government has raised tax levels to help fund social care. Unless different solutions can be found in the years ahead, that’s going to be the new way of things
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Social care is only the start of Rishi Sunak’s problems
The row over paying for social care with national insurance increases foreshadows a daunting series of questions the chancellor must answer before this autumn’s spending review
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Johnson’s social care proposal is not ideal. But it’s a start
National insurance increases would add to employers’ costs, while leaving the property of the elderly untaxed. But we need to break the decades-old policy logjam and reflexive sabotage, and begin the process of enacting a solution
thinkin
After Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, Peter Connelly and Victoria Climbié: what should social workers do?
This is a digital-only ThinkIn. Every time we learn of the horrendous abuse of a child a spotlight is shone on the child protection system. Reviews are launched and the same lessons learned – but it keeps on happening. At the same time, the care system is struggling with more children than have been removed from their families since records began in the early 1990s. It falls on social workers to support families, identify abuse, and marshall the care system. It’s one of the hardest jobs in the world. Is there a different way social workers could do it? editor and invited experts Liz Moseley Editor Beverley-Barnett Jones Associate Director for System and Impact, Nuffield Family Justice Observatory Cathy Ashley Chief Executive, Family Rights Group Dame Rachel de Souza Children’s Commissioner for England Polly Curtis Journalist and author of Behind Closed Doors: Why We Break Up Families – and How to Mend Them
thinkin
The hardest word: what are we prepared to forgive?
This is a newsroom ThinkIn. In-person and digital-only tickets are available. Everyone makes mistakes, both professional and personal. Everyone is capable of saying something stupid, or making a wrong call. The consequences can be terrible. Today, lives can be ripped apart and reputations ruined forever in a heartbeat, but who governs the rules of redemption and are they equally applied to everyone? How is the severity of the mistake and the accountability for it moderated? How do we understand and respond to public “apologies”? What does this say about the nature of an apology in the modern world? What does it really mean to be held “accountable” by the public today? Do we too often let the facts become incongruent to the narrative of the moment? Are we running the risk of putting anyone off from taking on positions of professional responsibility – or just some people? editor and invited experts Liz MoseleyMember’s Editor Dr Ray JonesEmeritus Professor of Social Work at Kingston University and St. George’s, University of London, and a registered social worker. He is the author of ‘The Story of Baby P: setting the record straight’ Patrick ButlerSocial Policy Editor, The Guardian Sharon ShoesmithFormer Director of Children’s Services for Haringey Council, and author of Learning from Baby P: The Politics of Blame, Fear and Denial
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Digital ThinkIn – How do we fix the crisis in our care homes?
Should the corporate giants behind huge swathes of the adult social care system in the UK be held responsible for the sector’s failures?
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Britain is failing its most vulnerable children
The debate over taking children into care has collapsed into a clumsy and binary row, stoked by a populist government. Those at risk deserve a system that works properly
Slow View
Social care could be a much bigger problem for Johnson than sleaze
Scandals come and go, but the care crisis has the potential to engulf the prime minister
Slow View
Think the petrol situation is bad? Just wait for the care shortages…
Brexit has driven thousands of care workers away, and they’re not coming back. Without urgent policy change, disabled and older people face months of uncertainty and struggle
Slow View
We need a big rethink of taxation and spending. It’s not happening…
Britain’s government has raised tax levels to help fund social care. Unless different solutions can be found in the years ahead, that’s going to be the new way of things
Slow View
Social care is only the start of Rishi Sunak’s problems
The row over paying for social care with national insurance increases foreshadows a daunting series of questions the chancellor must answer before this autumn’s spending review
Slow View
Johnson’s social care proposal is not ideal. But it’s a start
National insurance increases would add to employers’ costs, while leaving the property of the elderly untaxed. But we need to break the decades-old policy logjam and reflexive sabotage, and begin the process of enacting a solution
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The forgotten families of the social care crisis
The reforms that Sajid Javid must unveil before the end of the year do not only affect the elderly. Too often, this debate neglects those with learning disabilities and autism – and their loved ones, who bear the burden of such indifference
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I know why social care isn’t being fixed
Finding £17,000 a month towards the care of my parents forced me to reflect on the collective delusions and political cowardice that conspire to prevent us confronting – once and for all – this huge social challenge
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There’s so little care about care homes
There are plenty of gaps in the statistics, from the number of vaccinations to even just the number of care home residents. It’s a sign of official neglect